Starting from Tesseney in Eritrea, you would immediately arrive at the city of Kessela, Sudan. No matter how long you travelled across borders, you hardly find any thing that differentiates the two people. Everything you left behind stays in front of you: the people, their way of living, their culture and their behaviour.

In the course of three days, Eritrean youth from inside and abroad gathered in Sawa to celebrate their bi-annual festival under the theme, “Youth: Pivot of the Future.” The festival that was kicked off on 19 July 2010 also has seen the graduation of the 23rd round of the national service.

Among the many paleontological remains displayed at the National Museum of Eritrea (NME), one is the 27 million-year-old fossil of a jaw bone that was uncovered in 1997 in Dogali, Northern Red Sea region. Named Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi, after the origin country Eritrea and Melake Ghebrekristos, the farmer who first discovered it, the jaw bone is believed to be a “missing link” between modern elephants and their ancestors.

That. day marked a black point in history- not only for Eritreans but also to the people of the world. Barbaric acts took place in different parts of Eritrea by different Ethiopian colonial regimes; simply for being Eritreans and for supporting their cause for independence. The She’eb innocent people’s massacre was one of the worst of them.

The cyclic drought that is wreaking havoc and claiming livelihoods in many countries, especially in South Saharan Africa, is partly caused due to the spread of desertification, says Mr. Redaezghi Ghebremedhin, an agriculturalist, during an interview following an assessment workshop on the greening campaign in Eritrea.

“Beside the myriad benefits of doum palm in the socio-economic aspect of the Eritrean society, its role as a supplementary feed for livestock can not be taken lightly,” says Mr. Abel Tekeste, a lecturer at Hagaz Agro Technical School.

If Silicon Valley is United State’s base for computer gurus and the iconic high-tech ICT establishments, so is Medebber to Eritrea as it is a powerhouse of the Eritrean creativity, invention and modification for nearly a century.

In continuation of its ever growing attraction to domestic and foreign tourists, the Eritrean Railway administration, in collaboration with Travel House International, Asmara-based tour agent co-hosted steam engine enthusiasts for a consecutive 11- day excursion last month. These engine enthusiasts, citizens of Australia, Canada, Sudan and nine European Union countries are mostly comprised of first time comers who visited the Eritrean railways being impressed with the coverage of various media about the unique steam engine experience in the country.

The iconic FIFA World Cup Trophy visited Asmara on 16 November 2009. The trophy onboard in a chartered plane with the sponsoring company’s name in it, landed at the tarmac of Asmara International Airport at 1:50 PM. Joining the entourage, 24 in total, were FIFA and the Coca-Cola Company delegations headed by Mr. Hedi Hemal representative of FIFA. At the scene, the entourage was greeted by ministers, army commanders, members of the sport community, invited guests and fans. The 18-carat solid-gold and malachite base trophy weighing 6.2kg had been flown from Sudan to Eritrea and later headed for Djibouti.